Pujara on cusp of scripting rare milestone, set to join Sachin-Dravid in elite list

Sports Tak Staff February 16 , 2023 [{ "selector": ".msqbi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1000ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-404px) scale(0.15)", "opacity": "68%"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0) scale(1)", "opacity": "68%"} ] }, { "selector": ".zsepl-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 8px)) scale(0.15)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0px) scale(1)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".rxllm-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".clbfu-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "2000ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Cheteshwar Pujara is on verge of scripting a rare milestone as he will be playing his 100th Test in the second Test against Australia in Delhi on Friday (February 17).

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Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join the elite list of Indian players who have played 100 Tests. Let's have a look at the list.

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Sachin Tendulkar has played the most Tests for India as he has 15921 runs in a total of 200 Tests.

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Team India's current head coach and former skipper Rahul Dravid is second in the list. He played 163 Tests and scored 13265 runs for India.

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VVS Laxman is third in the list as he played 134 Tests and scored 8781 runs for India.

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Anil Kumble played 132 Tests for India in which he took 619 wickets which is the third highest in the longest format.

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Former India captain Kapil Dev played 131 Test matches for India in which he amassed 5248 runs scalped 434 wickets.

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The legendary Sunil Gavaskar played 125 Tests for India between 1971 and 1987 in this he scored 10122 runs.

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Dilip Vengsarkar played 116 Tests for India between 1976 and 1992 in which he scored 6868 runs.

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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly played 113 Tests in which he scored 7212 runs.

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Former India captain Virat Kohli has played 105 Tests so far in which he has scored 8131 runs.

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Star pacer Ishant Sharma has played 105 Test matches for India so far in which he has picked 311 wickets.

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Former India star spinner Harbhajan Singh played 103 Tests in which he took 417 wickets and scored 2224 runs.

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Virender Sehwag played 103 Test matches for India in which he amassed 8503 runs.

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